Veronique Gens - Scylla Et Glaucus - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Desmarest was something of a frustrated genius. A precocious musician, he had a great career on opera from 1693 to 1698. His destiny was broken when he kidnapped the love of his life and fled to Brussels to escape a death sentence. Kapellmeister to the King of Spain, Philippe V in 1701, then to the Duke of Lorraine, Paris remained off-limits to him until 1720... Circé (1694) was his apotheosis, meeting of Ulysses and the sorcerers, a superb and supernatural heroine. The dramatic force of the work stimulates the flamboyant Véronique Gens who plays the evil lover! Album Tracks 19. Circé~Acte II Scène 6 Prélude Rendez hommage à l'Amour 5. Circé~Acte III Scène 5 Prélude Je lui suis suspect... 20. Circé~Acte IV Scène 8 Chœur de Démons Venez prendre part à nos jeux

Album Tracks 1. Genrebilder, Op. 13 (1876) 2. Waltzer FÜR Klavier Zu 4 Händen, Op. 7 3. Portraits de Peintres D'après Les Poésies de Marcel Proust (1894) 4. Nocturne (1890) 5. Sonate (1923) 6. Pastorale (1920) 7. Trois Préludes (1987) 8. Sonata No. 2, Op. 12 (1918) 9. Ave Maria

Abundant though it is, César Franck's vocal music (operas, sacred music, oratorios, mélodies) does not occupy a prominent place in the current repertory. His instrumental compositions - headed by the Violin Sonata in A major and followed by the organ works - represent virtually all that today's audiences and musicians know of his output. Yet the mélodies and vocal duets, neglected by performers and publishers alike, deserve to be plucked from oblivion, both for their own sake and for their place in the history of French music. The alluring voices of Tassis Christoyannis and Véronique Gens immerse the listener in the atmosphere of the nineteenth-century Parisian salons and the mélodies performed there. The composer and organist César Franck, famed for his instrumental music, proves himself equally skilled in setting poems by Musset, Hugo, Chateaubriand, Daudet and Dumas. This first complete recording of his works for voice and piano ranges over his entire creative life. Album Tracks 1. Complete Songs and Duets 2. Les Cloches Du Soir, FWV 75 3. Nocturne, FWV 85 4. Le Vase Brisé, FWV 84 5. Roses Et Papillons, FWV 81 6. Le Mariage Des Roses, FWV 80 7. L'émir de Bengador, FWV 72 8. Ninon, FWV 71 9. Lied, FWV 83 10. Robin Gray, FWV 74 11. S'il Est Un Charmant Gazon, FWV 78 (I) 12. S'il Est Un Charmant Gazon, FWV 78 (II) 13. Aimer, FWV 76 14. Six Duos, FWV 89 15. L'ange Et L'enfant, FWV 75 16. Passez ! Passez Toujours !, FWV 82 17. Souvenance, FWV 70 18. Pour Les Victimes, FWV 86 19. Paris, FWV 79 20. Patria, CFF 159 21. Les Trois Exilés, FWV 77 22. À Cette Terre Où L'on Ploie Sa Tente 23. Le Sylphe, FWV 73 24. La Procession, FWV 88